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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON.
PROPRIETOR.
KEW SERIES, VOL. 2.
ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,1858.
NO. 6.
TH Jntflligtiffr.
'tSU^DAY, DECEMBER 2, 1868.
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j \\\ Wurri, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
n d dead near Clarendon, Ark., last
It is supposed that he committed sui-
T * *, Work to Me
We [earn that Mr. B. C. Morse, the Chief
• e+T of the Georgia Air-line Railroad hav*
Advertised 11 miles of work from Gaines-
^ direction, has let out 7 1-4 at fair
to be paid all in stock of the Company,
lV 6 that he can let out a large amount of
^ pay one half stock and one half cash
ftis clearly shows well for the county Stock-
, n uf this enterprise, and ought to inspire
Aoufidcnce of the city and citizens of Atlan
ta f r iend should now be prompt in
his installments, and thereby
Lying
up
en and encourage the work. Let the
once fairly underway, and in our opin-
‘there is no danger of failure.
Lk be
The Judiciary Committee.
| \ custom prevails in the legislature of
"nria, which we deem highly reprehensible.
nji u d e to the practice of referring so long
number of the Bills of each house, when
•ought up for tiinal action on their third
jjr to the Judiciary Committee. When a
riias been pending in either House for even
Liisidcrable length of time, it is the prevail-
. cug t()m, for some member to move to re
nt to the Judiciary Committee, instead of
jjpg a vote upon its merits and making a fi-
] disposition of it, cither by its passage or
■ction Tire effect of this kind of proceed-
|: i< to create delays in the passage of bills,
[j to protract the session of the Legislature.
lwlwt good can possibly result from this
Idiscriuiate reference to this particular Com-
Tliere is an amount of business
Udeil upon the Judiciary Committee which
[dew it imjiossible for that body to exam-
t »ud report upon each Bill in a manner
I to afford any aid to the progress of
slatioii. There are often grave and im.
nt questions connected with measures
Lught before the Legislature involving great
lor constitutional principles which de
ad the scrutiny of the wisest and most ex-
I legal minds of the country. Such
isures as these should claim the attention
Ithe Judiciary' Committee to the exclusion of
I. rot amount of other matters of minor im-
Irtance, with which the prevailing custom is
[, crowding that body. We hope the atten-
i of the members of the present Legislature,
1 be dire cted to this subject, and that the
Utiplicity of motions to refer unimportant
lotions to this Committee will be promptly
Ittd down.
Foreigners holding Real Rotate.
[ bill is now pending before the Legislature*
Induced, if we remember right, by Mr.
|r»yberry of Catoosa County. Without a
•ledge of the details of the bill, we take
c liberty of expressing our approbation of the
■ral principle involved in it. An act of
s sort guarded by proper restrictions, would
r opinion, not only be harmless in itself,
t might be productive of essential benefits
ds country. When we take into view the
Imcnse public domain which lies out between
valley of the Mississippi and the far off Fa
it, now lying waste and unoccupied, the
Irit of patriotism would say, let all the earth
| invited to come and buy and occupy. For
liturics these vast fertile regions must lay
t aud worthless, if left alone to the natural
|reue of our population. We speak in this
ivct of the effects of the general adoption
kis policy. Some one has said that if this
liipassed, the Rothchilds might come over
1 buy up enough of our land to control the
(vcmmental affairs of our country. This in
r hum I de judgment, is all visionary specu-
Ifany great capitalists should attempt
i to use their means, they would soon find
nselves very much mistaken in the exten-
moneyed powers. They might pos-
|ly raise means enough to buy up a county
rwo, but when it comes to purchasing a con
tiling influence in tire soil of a great State
le Georgia, the idea is preposterous. We say
In let tiie Bill pass. A large quantity of lands
|Georgia are now on the market for sale.
i proprietors are desirous of moving to the
lest, where they can procure cheaper and
Ire fertile lands. Increase the competition
j the purchase of our Georgia soil, and you
treat* the price; let the foreigners come and
|y and become farmers among us; we have
I fear of the consequences.
Millkdobvilli, Nov. 20th, 1858.
tar brother Gaskill :—1 received yours to-
and was glad to hear from you. Should
to hear oftener and especially in regard
urttiona of interest. 1 am glad that I am
allied at home in my opposition to the
osal of the State Road. My object and
itest ambition is to represent the wishes
my constituents and advance their best
rest. This I shall do to the utmost Of
strength and ability while I have the
w of a seat in the Senate of my native State,
diversity of interest of the interior most
shall be respected in common with other
■ions of our beloved State. Short of
rality we must never submit, but equal
its and privilegesjwe will have. There are
iy questions of importance and of great
crest liefore both branches of the General
:mbly of an exciting aud interesting char
r, which demand and claim the wisdom of
Legislature and will until the day of ad-
miucnt. In the meantime I am prepared
it tend promptly to the local interest of At
L and iny county, and hope that no one
U be back ward in making their wants and
’dies known to their Senator and Represente-
A bright day is just ahead for Atlanta—
e advantages of her locality and of her rapid
owth and prosperity, will soon place her at
e Lead of her sister, cities in Georgia and she
11 v «ry soon bo the city of the South.
The above letter/ is so good and so charac-
rirt > c of our excellent Senator, that we must
'c ii to our readers, although the writer
6 Do ' ( lea of se eing it in print. The county
* u ' ton Las re ason to be proud of her present
presentation i n the Legislature. The people
L niton will observe that if they have any
enable de mands upon their Bepreeenta-
are ready and willing to serve
the best of their ability. Our.Sena*
' Atlanta that “she will very soon be
the South,” and we will add provided
us are true to themselves.
tpaMlng Superior Coart.
On Tuesday last Tilman G. Bridges, was
convicted of the crime of ‘‘Assault with in
tent to murder,” committed upon Wiley G.
Heoderson. When we left the court, the
Judge had not passed sentence upon him
BloodwortA’a Plow.
In our notices of this celebrated plow, which
received several premiums at the Georgia
and the Alabama State Furs, we located Mr.
E. H. Bloodworth in Pike County, where he
had long resided. We were mistaken in this
particular, and take this occasion to state that
Mr. Bloodworth now resides in Upson county.
His addess is “The Rock, Upson county Ga.”
• .
A Native Cmitoelty.
Our city was honored yesterday with the
presence of something of a curiosity, in the
shape of Mr. Hodgman Rabun, of Carroll County,
who u40 years of age, and has never, until this
time, seen a town, a railroad, or a steam en
gine. Was never 20 miles from home before
in his life, and has never seen Chattahoochee
River, until he crossed it on his way to this
place. Was 37 years old before he was mar
ried, when he was united to a charming young
lady of fifteen summers. Has been a Baptist
preacher, a school teacher and a country mer
chant. He is still a resident of “sweet Carroll,’’
that land of chivalry and song, whose stones
are of iron, and out of whose bowels we dig
copper, &c., &c. He was in ecstatic raptures
on first beholding the mighty iron horse.
they
ThanlugtvlRg Day.
With due respect to the proclamation of his
Excellency, the Governor, Thursday, 25th inst.
was observed as a day of Thanksgiving and
prayer, by the people of Atlanta. A number
of the business houses were closed; no papers
were issued from the presses; the Banks were
shut up, and religious services had, we believe
in all the churches.
Fairbanks Letter Scales.
We are indebted to Mr. J. T. Lewis, of the
firm of Clarke & Lewis, Hardware merchants
of this city, for one of Fairbanks’ Letter Scales.
Fairbanks. & Co. have a large and extensive es
tablishment in the city of New York, where
they manufacture every kind of scales in use
n this country, from the largest to the small
est.. Messrs. Clarke & Lewis are prepared to
furnish customers with every variety of this
kind of article, as well as all goods usually kept
in a Hardware Store. Give them a call.
Remarkable Relic.
During our visit to Spalding Superior Court,
a few days since, we had the pleasure of spend,
ing an evening at the hospitable fire-side of our
much esteemed friend, Judge{Gilben J. Green,
of the city of Griffin. We were shown a table
in his bouse, which was brought over from
England in the ship which bore Gen. Ogle
thorpe to Savannah, one hundred and twenty-
six years ago. It is in a fine state of preserva
tion, and has been in the family of Mrs. Judge
Green ever since its arrival in this country.
-n in Petersburg, Va. t lost his pockefc-
••toning $6,000. It was found by a
1 and returned to its owner, who gen-
rewarded the finder with 121-2 cents
■f candy.
A Feeler.
Our cotemporary of the National American
i n his issue of the 23d inst., has dignified an in
nocent little notice, which we published a few
days ago, in reference to the City Council of
Atlanta, with an importance which we never
designed for it. We had no intention of stir
ring up the gall of our cotemporary, in this lit
tle notice of our city fathers ; because from the
tone of that print during the whole term of the
present officers, we had concluded that our co
temporary was very kindly affectioned to our
present city officers. But it seems that the
“National American” has come to the conclu
sion, that it is doing “God service,” to oppose
every thing that the “Intelligencer” is inclin
ed to favor. Examine the files of the “Amer
ican,” for the present year, and you will find
scarcely a word against the present City Coun
cil. Now that the time approaches when the
people of the city are to be called upon to en
dorse or condemn our present city officers, our
neighbor has become captious, and appears
very much disposed to find fault. We cannot
deny that our article, though not designed as
a “feeler,” was partly intended to direct pub
lic attention to the election of city officers, to
come off in the course of a few weeks. Our
personal acquaintance with some of the pres
ent board of Alderman is not very intimate,
but we have been credibly informed that two
or three of them are practical mechanics. They
are none the better for this, nor none the worse.
We hold every man, who makes a living by an
honest livelihood, to be equally entitled to the
respect and confidence of his fellow citizens ;
but when we find one who is intimately iden
tified with the “working classes,” we feel a
strong sympathy in his beliaf; for to that class
we belong. We must confess our surprise at
the tone and temper of our neighbor’s article,
on the subject under consideration, judging
from his funner course towards the present ad
ministration of the city government. The
time is not far ahead, when we expect to show
what the present Council have done for our
city, and we have no fear of the result, when
all the facts are presented to the honest, patri
otic citizens of Atlanta. But, so far as the Ed
itor of the “American” is concerned, we de
spair of securing his approval of anything the
present Council may do. Whenever lie ap
proves of any act, performed by a Democratic
administration, then shall we begin to suspect
there is something wrong.
The National A merlcan.
We have read with some interest an editori
al article which made its appearance in the
National American of the 23d inst., headed,
The Art Preservative of Arts.” The writer,
who we presume is the senior Editor of that pa
per, presents in his article a very plausible ex
terior, and his piece will no doubt meet a hear
ty response in the bosom of all those who sym
pathise with the editorial fraternity. But
there lurks within the article a spirit (we will
not say of envy) of rivalry in reference to ou r
establishment, which a sense of duty compel^
us to notice. To a superficial observer, thi g
feeling is not apparent, but certain words in
quotations, os well as other remarks, point the
innuendo at us, so directly that we cannot
mistake his aim. When we embarked in the
enterprise in which we are now engaged, vie
thought there was need in this growing city,
of a larger newspaper and printing establish
ment, than had ever been in existence here.
We believed that it could be made a paying
concern. Consequently, the writer, and those
associated with him, determined to take the
chances, and invest the means which we had
accumulated by honest industry, in this entei-
prise. If it was a misfortune to us that our own
efforts, by the blessing of providence had giv
en us this opportunity of aiding in the dcvel-
opement of the rising energies of our city, then
we are not to blame. Our investment may
prove unprofitable, yea, ruinous; but if we
fail, we expect at least to have the sympathiit
of the true friends of Atlanta. We know that
we can, by our superior “facilities,” do work
cheaper than our co temporary, or any other es
tablishment in the up country, but we have
never to our knowledge, “worked for less than
it cost to do it." Others may have done so,
bat we have never knowingly charged less “than
a remunerative price.” Nor are we aware of
having done work at a less price than our
neighbor. If we can do work at his prices,
and make more clear money, that’s our busi
ness, not his.
We join issue with our cotemporary, when
he speaks of doing work “better than it can be
done in our own locality.” We will not pros
ecute this controversy any further with our
cotemporary at this time. We are desirous of
living in “peace and harmony” with our co
temporary, believing there is a necessity for two
papers in Atlanta, and entertaining a sincere de
sire for his pecuniary success. We might say
something in reference to the sign of the “Star
Spangled Banner,” which we'conctive, that
our neighbor has so inappropriately run up
over h in But we are not inclined to
call up the ghost of poor “Samuel,” deceased,
audience we forbear. We, however, will venj
tore to repeat the Ndtn Bene of our neighbor
as applicable to ourself, “we have but one price
fat each class of work, and never vary from
our rates.” Stick to this neighbor and we will
a taad square up to the mark.
Sir Charles Bright, who has recently been
knighted for his Share in laying down the At
lantic Telegraph, is the youngest individual
on whom that honor has been conferred for
many yean. He is only twenty-sip years of
age, having been born in 1882.
For the Atlanta Intelligencer.
State Aid—The Contest In the House of
Representatives.
Messrs. Editors.—Some twenty or twenty-
five years ago, and immediately after Internal
Improvement by the general Government had
been broken down, the people of Georgia, while
the State was poor and without credit, adopt
ed the policy of State aid to Railroads, and
from which policy the most sanguine hopes
and predictions of its friends, have been more
than realized. The magnificent results which
have flown from the construction of the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad are before our eyes, and
cannot be denied. About this time other Rail
roads were projected, and to aid and encour
age them, the State undertook the construc
tion of a Road from the North-Eastern bank
of the Chattahoochee River to the State of Ten
nessee. The intention and design was expres
sed in the Act authorizing this Road, and was
intended to overcome the rough and difficult
grounds, in reaching the Western country by
means of this great modern improvement, and
thereby secure to these other projects a supply
of business that would warrant an investment
in them, and secure the capital for their con
struction. Well and truly has this design been
carried out, and well and truly has the bene
fits been realized by the other Railroad compa
nies. Previous to this Act, the Legislature of
the State had conferred liberal Banking privi
leges on the Central and Georgia Railroad com
panies, which in addition to the benefits con
ferred by the construction of the Western &
Atlantic Railroad, have proved to he worth
more than one millioh of Dollars to each of
them. In the days when this policy was un
der consideration, such men as Gov. Lumpkin,
Governors Gilmer and Schley, William Dear-
ing, John P. King, W. W. Gordon, Robert
Toombs, and Alex. H. Stephens, were its ear
nest advocates and friends, while Savannah,
Augusta and all the counties along the lines of
the then jn-oposed Central and Georgia Rail
roads, afforded hosts of supporters and friends.
It had supporters also in all other parts of the
State.
The results of this policy and this liljcrality,
it may be repeated, on the part of the State,
have been truly wonderful. But it is equally
true and undeniable, that while this policy and
liberality in the use and expenditure of $6,-
000,000 belonging to the people of all parts of
the State, and the whole State, has enriched
Savannah, Augusta and Middle Georgia to the
extent of $200,000,000, and is still enriching
them, it has had the effect to cripple and im
poverish other large portions of the State.
While this $0,000,000 of money belonging
to the people of the whole State, has been used
on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, which has
enuied mainly and almost exclusively to the
benefit of these sections and cities, North-Eas
tern Georgia containing territory enough for
a respectable State, and a large portion of
Southern Georgia, containing territory enough
for another respectable State including the best
sea-port on the Southern coast, are all left to
sink into poverty and comparative insignifi
cance for w'ant of similar aid from the State.
Under these circumstances, measures have
been brought forward.for the relief of these
destitute sections. It consists in asking the
State to endorse or become the security for Rail
road undertakings, with a three and four fold
security in return, to the amount of $3,000,-
000 all included, or about one-half the cost of i
the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and intend,
ed to secure the construction of 400 miles of
Railroad into these destitute regions.
It is with this state of things in view, that a
vote is taken in the House of Representatives
of the State, and from Augusta, Savannah, and
from all the counties through which the Geor
gia and the Central Railroads run, anil inclu
ding that very portion of the State in which
State aid to Railroads took its rise and found
its main supporters, and which are reopening
the golden harvest of the State’s liberality, in
all these towns and sections, their Representa
tives in the Legislature vote in solid phalanx,
with two or three exceptions, against these
measures of justice.
Let us cast our eyes back again over the his
torv of State aid to Railroads jn Georgia, and
then cast our eyes over the history of the
whole world, and sec if we can summon up to
view, such an instance, such a spectacle of leg
islative ingratitude and injustice in the histo
ry of the world, as is here exhibited by these
Central Railroad and Georgia Railroad Repre
sentatives ? Let us see if we can find such an
instance, such a spectacle of contempt and re
pudiation of principles of the fathers on the
part of the sons ?
What does all this say, and what does it
mean ? It says, “be ye fed and be ye clothed,
by which we wish you to understand, we are
rich and independent ; we have got the lion’s
part; and it is neecssary and proper for you to
remain poor for our benefit.” The ingrati
tude and disregard with which these two great
corporations of the State look upon the wants
and necessities of the destitute sections of the
State—the total disregard of precedent and
the history of the State touching this policy—
the sudden repudiation on their part, of the
principles which brought these corporations in
to existence, aud now enriches them, shows
most clearly that a new power has arisen in
the State, which threatens to rale with a rod
of iron. LOOKER ON.
ter An Indian giant, seven feet high, and
weighing400 pounds, fa the last attraction at
the New York Museum.
BHLLKDGEVILLK CORRE < PONDECK
Milledgeville, Nov. 22,1368.
SENATE,
, Monday, 9J o’clock.
Messrs. Editors :—The Senate met accord
ing to adjournment, Hon. John E. Ward in
the Chair.
On motion of Mr. Hart, the rules were sus
pended for the purpose of introducing a reso
lution for the appointing a committee of three
to confer with a committee of the same num-
bettrom the House for the purpose of select
ing some distinguished divine to deliver a
sermon in the Hall of the House of Represen
tatives on Thursday next—Thanksgiving day.
Messrs. Hart, Wilcoxon, and Mathews, were
appointed that committee.
On motion of Mr. Strickland the rules were
suspended to enable him to introduce a sub
stitute to a bill requirin g the State to extend
aid to Railroad corporations on certain con
ditions. The substitute was offered, and on
motion 200 copies of it and of the original bill
were ordered to be printed for the use of the
Senate.
Granted leave of absence to several Sena
tors.
On motion the rules were suspended to al
low Mr. Roberts of Cobb to introduce a bill to
change the manner of the election of the
Marshal of the city of Marietta.
The special order of the day was then taken
up, which was a bill in relation to the place
or places for the holding of the Supreme
Court. As another bill on the same subject
had been made the order of the day for De
cember next, it was moved to postpone the
consideration of this until that time.
Selling Liquors to Minors.
The hill to prevent the selling of liquor to
minors under 21 years of age was taken up as
the next bill in order. Mr. Burk moved to
postpone its consideration indefinitely. Mr.
Shropshire advocated the bill. He contended
that the law to prevent the sale of liquor was
inoperative in a great measure from the fact
that minors were allowed to buy liquor, and
could so easily supply negroes with it.
Mr. Paine had-ottered the bill in the Com
mittee, and felt it to be his duty to express the
reasons why he was opposed to the measure.
He was opposed to it for two reasous: The first
was because it would be putting young men
on the some footing with negroes, and the
second was because it would be a legislative
enactment on the subject of temperance. He
contended for moral suasion, as being suffi
ciently pswerful for keeping down the influ
ence of dissipation without invoking the ques
tionable aid of law.
Mr. Thomas of Gwinnette, objected to the
arguments of the preceeding Senator. The
young men and negroes were not put on t he
same footing. The violation of the laws
would be more severely pnnished when it had
reference to young men than when applied to
negroes. He had heard privately the objec
tion that the law could not be executed.—
That was true, it might not be executed in
every case, neither was the law,.in regard to
selling to negroes, executed in every case; but
who was there that would say that law was
not a good one- or would be willing to see it
blotted from the Statute books of Georgia ?—
He contended that the law was uot intended
as legislation for temperance, but legislation
to enable the parent to maintain proper dis
cipline over the child, and to rescue him from
those who gained a large portion of their rev
enue from the ruin which they inflicted on
young men. He would not object to an al
teration of the age in which the law should
operate.
Mr. Bloodworth of Pike moved to insert
after minors the words “under 17 years of
age.”
Mr Ward of putts thonght the very age in
which there was greatest need of the law was
that proposed to be excluded by the amend
ment. The parent could easily control the
child to the age of 17 could apply the rod
when necessary, but at the age of 17 to 21 he
needed the restraint of law to enable him to
enforce his parent aldisuiplino.
The Senator from Telfair, (Mr Paine) if he
had children would know that to be a fact.
Mr West of Lowndes, went against the bill
;vith might and main. He Was opposed to
requiring his son, a youth which no one on
that fliKir could induce to drink liquor, to get
an order with which to buy liquor. How
could his son control his negroes,- when he
was placed by the bill on a level with them.
Besides men often marry from 15 to 21 years
of agef and the family might need spirits, but
the young man must get an order from his
father before he could buy the liquor. He
thought it showed on the part of parents a
want of confidence in the government which
they had exercised over their sons to be in fa
vor of such a bill. (The Senate was highly
entertained with the simple remarks of the
modest Senator ; and by the way it is my de
liberate opinion if the unpretending farmer
would oftener give us his views, even in his
imperfect style, the country would be benefit-
ted thereby.)
Mr. Spalding was opposed to the amendment
on the ground that it did not fix any distinct
and definite era in the age. The hill as it
stood fixed the time at 21. That was a period
generally known. It was the time when the
young man set up for himself and the time
when he exercised the privilege of voting.
Mr Bloodworth of Pike, was willing to ac
cept the amendment to exclude married
men from the operation of the law. He had
lived long enough in the world to know that
men are more easily led than driven. He
thought that as the}' had done 1858 years with
out any such law, they might do without any
such law a while longer. He laid a respecta
ble number of children 9 in number, and
there had not been used in their bringing up
a gollon of spirits. If all would follow his
example, the evils of intemperance would he
greatly mitigated-
Mr Reynolds said that he believed that a
law which worked so well as he knew this did
as a local law would work as a local law. In
the city of Covington, if he might so call it,
the law had been tried for a long period of
time with the happiest results. Grocery keep
ers were required before they could get a li
cence, to take an oath that they would not
sell to minors ; and there had been a marked
difference in the character of young men for
sobriety. The measure had been rendered
necessary by the proximity of the place to the<
College at Oxford. He had never been con
nected with any temperance organization, and
thought thaf such organizations had been
pioductive of more harm than good ; hut this
proposes no such legislation.
The amendment of Mr Bloodworth was lost.
Mr. Smith of Hancock proposed an amend
ment to exclude married men from the opera
tion of the law, which was accepted:
Mr. Bloodwcrth proposed to exclude the
county of Pike from the operation of the law.
Lost.
The counties of Calhoun, Miller and Hall
were! by the Senators from those counties
proposed to he excluded, hut the Senate de
termined to have a general law onjthc subject,
if a law at all, aud voted down the exclusion
of counties.
Mr Atkinson was opposed to excluding
counties because the adjoining counties would
get all the grocery business. (Laughter)
Mr West of Lowndes plead in vain that
his county might be excluded. He was cer
tain that he represented the will of his con
stituents in making the request. Might he
not claim it as a right that his county should
be excluded 1
Mr Reynolds 6aid that all in his county
were opposed to the new county which the
Senator had just obtained from the Senate.
Many measures were passed to which his coun
ty were opposed, but to which nevertheless
they submitted since they were general laws.
Mr Burke spoke at considerable length,
but the Senate was restless, and did not keep
altogether the order it generally maintains.
This together with the distance of the
Speaker, the low tone of voice, and the noise
prevented me from understanding the princi
pal point of the Honorable Senator from
filter county. Senators will please speak
loudly and distinctly for the sake of the
Reporters.
Mr Billups said: I merely wish to make
one remark, upon principle and upon my idea
of the effects which it would have; lamas
much opposed to legislating upon the subject
of temperance, as any man upon this floor. I
did not regard this bill in that light. For
reasons that were urged by the Hon. Senator
from Chattooga this morning, it seems tome
that it is our imperative duty to pass a law
like this, and I prefer it as it stands. I pre
fer the use of the term minor, and the age of
21 as the limit, I should be opposed to the
bill if it contained the word boys, for
thesimple reason that, that species is now a
lusus naturae, there are no such animals. We
all know that there formerly an intermediate
stage between children and men. And
as to the idea of placing them upon the footing
of negroes, we are only laboring to prevent
them from putting themselves on a level with
the brutes that wallow in the mire. I do not
know indeed that I would accept married
men who are minors from the operation of
this law ; for I have observed in the many
cases in which relief has been sought by di
vorce, that the parties had contracted mar
riage at an age, soearly that they were not
.qualified to judge correctly of the qualities
which would have rendered them happy in
that relation. The bill protects th e parents
and preserves for them the respect of
the _ child, by rescuing him from habits of
dissipation into which he will often assuredly
be drawn, if such a bill is not passed. I can
say with the Senator of Newton that the town
of Madison has adopted the same regulation
towards Grocery Keepers, and the good effects
of the regulation are most manifest:
Mr War then proposed an amendment to
make penal the purchases of the liquor. He
could not see why it should be wrong to sell
and not wrong to purchase. The amendment
was lost.
On motion of Mr Slatighter the part was
stricken out which permitted the half of the
fine to go to the intormer.
Mr Bryan was opposed to the bill. They
called upon the pouth of the country to de
fend the country as scon as they arrive at the
age of 18 and should* they lie prevented even
in case they are in service from buying liquor
without an order, even though necessary as a
medicine.
Mr. Briscoe argued against the bill, because
corporations, which were never refused already
as had been shown possessed adequte power
for their own protection against the evils of
selling to minors. Those were the groceries
that did the most damage. Groceries in the
country could not be productive of so much
evil, because in the .country the youth labored.
Mr Dawson replied that he was of a differ
ent opinion. Groceries in the country could
be started on so little that they might be put
up almost everywhere. Minors would respect-
it. They are prevented not from contracting
debts in stores except for necessaries, and it
could not be pretended that^liquor is a neces
sary.
Mr Riley of Lumpkin said he would speak
from experience. He knew the hot-bloods
would not stand side an infringement on their
right as the bill in question proposed. They
would demand the liquor and if it -did not
come, there would be a row. The son would
kill the grocery keeper, or the grocery keeger
kill him—either of which would be lamen
table. They would also get the services of
others to buy the liquor for them, and thus
the evils of intemperance would lie increased
rather than diinislied by the operation of the
law (Mr Riley is a humorous speaker and
rarely fails to entertain the Senate with his
truly original remarks.) .
Mr Ward of Butts, said that the bill made
provision against furnishing of liquor as well
as the selling. Hence is it not the wants of
the Senator from Lumpkin, in that resi>ect, he
hoped to have’liis vote on the passage of the
bill.
On the passage of the hill, the yeas and nays
were ordered and were Yeas 47 Nays, 52, so
the bill was lost.
Next bill in order was on for the relief of
James M Wilheite. Laid on the table for the
piesent.
A bill to appoint a State Geologist. Lost.
Mr Cone, said Mr President, we have receiv
ed the painful intelligence that Ex-Goverhor
William Schley, is no more. I therefore move
that the usual course of the Senate be adopted,
of appointing, a committee to draft suitable
resolutions in relation to the deceased, and
also that the Semite adjourn.
Messrs Coe, Briscoe and Billups, were ap
pointed the committee. During the retire
ment of the committee, several bills were dis
posed of.
A bill to require Sheriffs to make returns of
all writs offieri facias. Lost.
A bill to amend the act to incorporating the
Dalton Turnpike and Plank Road Company.—
Passed.
A bill to give Attorneys control of Ex
ecutors’ in certain cases. Passed.
Mr Coe, the Chairman of the Committee to
draft suitable resolutions in relation to the
death of Ex-Governor Schley, returned and
presented the following pre-amble and resolu
tion :
Whereas the General Assembly has received
the painful intelligence of the death of Ex-
Governor William Schley; Be it therefore re
solved that in the death of this individual the
State has lost an honest, efficient and distin
guished public officer. Whether we regard
his acts as Governor, or as a member of Con
gress, or in the retirement of private life, the
people have said in reference to him “well
done, good and faithful servant.”
Resolved, that as a token of our respect we
will adjourn until to-morrow morning at 9}
o’clock. On motion the Secretary was order
ed to transmit a copy of the resolutions to the
Family of the deceased.
The Senate then adjourned until to-morrow
morning GJ o’clock. S.
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1858.
Messrs Editors Punctually at the hour
of 9J o’clock A. M., the Senate meets, ad
journs at IP. M., meets again at 3 P. M., and
finishes the busini ss for the day at 5 o’clock.
There remains but little of time unoccupied.
This is as it should be ; and will have a great
tendency to remove the reproaches of idleness
and corruption which in the minds of many
are inseparable from the Capitals of our coun-
try.
Mr Spalding, moved to rc-consider so much
of the action of the Senate as related to the
bill to prevent the selling of intoxicating li
quors to minors. There were two objections
to the bill, which if removed he could see no
objection to it. The first was that the penal
ty was too high. Persons need not inform
against a violator of the law, for fear of ruin
ing him. Again there should be provison
made for cases of emergency.
On this motion the Yeas and Nays were call
ed and were Yeas 43, Nays 46. So tlm motion
did not prevail.
The Senators were then called alphabetical
ly for the introduction of new matter, when
the following new bills were introduced :
Mr Byrd, a bill to organize a new county
out of the counties of Gordon, Cass Cherokee,
Gilmer and Pickens.
Mr Bullerd, a bill to amend the act in re
lation to the tee bills of the Clerks of Superior
and Inferior Courts.
Mr Castleberry, a hill to incorporate the
town of Fort Gaines.
Mr Colquit, a bill to incorporate The Young
America Fire Company, in the City of Colum
bus.
Mr Darden of Polk, a bill to require the re
turn of persons liable to road duty.
Mr Gholston of Madison, a bill to remove
the Penitentiary. Ordered 150 copies of said
bill to be printed for the use of the Senate.
Mr Gordon of Walker, a bill to charge the
time of holding, the Inferior Court of Walk
er.
Mr Hill of Harris, a hill for the pardon of
Burton A Brooks, now under sentence of death
for the crime of Murder.
Mr Holcombe, a bill to establish an office
of Tobacco Inspection in Canton Cherokee
county.
Mr Jamison, a bill to make void the origin
al survey of 1st district of originally Rabun
county.
Mr Neal of Columbia, a bill to incorporate
he Lodge of A. J. Miller, No. 204, of Free &
accepted Masons.
Mr Mathews, resolution ; While we whol
ly deny that slavery is a moral, social or po
litical evil, believing also that it is sanctioned
by the word of God, we nevertheless consider
that the opening of the Slave Trade would be
both immoral and impolitic.
Mr Paine, a bill to give persons furnishing
any kind of timber to Saw mills, a lien on the
mills for the payment of the same: also, a res
olution asking of the General Government to
appoint commissioners to determine the ex
tent of the tract of territory known as the
pine belt, and how long in their opinion it
would continue to last.
Mr Quilham, a bill to incorporate the Strin
ger Mountain Gold and Copper Mine Compa
ny. Also a bill to incorporate the Ellijay
Gold and Copper Mine Company.
Mr Roberts of Cobb, a bill to incorporate the
the Marietta Paper Mill Company.
Mr Treadwell of Whitfield, a bill to afford
relief to Thomas Turner.
Mr Spalding, a bill to render certain com
pensation of teachers of poor school children,
so far as relates to the county of Chatham 1
Also, a bill to prevent the interference of free
persons of color with slaves.
Mr Whitaker, a bill to allow Absalom J.
Beddington, to practice Medicine and charge
for the same.
Also, a bill to add an additional article to
the penal code declaring it a misdemeanor to
enter a Garden or Orchard and Pluck Fruit or
Flowers, &c., also a bill to incorporate the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of At
lanta, known as Saint Phillips Church. Also
a memorial for the Jews of Atlanta, protests
against one of the By-laws of Southern Mu
tual Insurance Company.
This memorial was referred to the Commit
tee on Banks.
Mr Williams of Whitfield, a bill to facilitate
Mining operations.
On motion of Mr Spalding, the rules were
suspended, to be taken up a bill for the relief
of John H. Howard. On the passage of the bill
the Yeas and Nays were ordered and were
Yeas 54, Nays 43. Sotthe bill was passed.
Mr Field, introduced a resolution that the
Governor of the State be .authorized to allow
the Etowah and Canton Company, the use of
old iron rails for the use of said B. R.
The special order of the day was taken np,
which was the alteration of the Constitution
by striking out that portion which forbids the
the importation of slaves after 1798.
Jlic question was ably argued until a late
hour. We can not on that account give you
description : but on to-morrow we will send
you some account of it. The vote on the sub
ject was taken by Yeas and Nays and were
Yeas 46, Nays 47. So the amendment was
lost.
The Honorable Henry R. Jackson, delivers
his address this evening. S.
Milledgeville, Ga.,Nov. 24, 1858. |
Wednesday 9J o’clock, A. M. j
SENATE.
Messrs. Editors :—The Legislature, pretty
much in a body, together with a considerable
number of ladies and gentlemen, filled the
Representative Hall for the purpose of listen
ing to the Hon. Henry R. Jackson ot Savan
nah.
Mr Jackson entertained the audience for an
hour and a half with a most eloquent address.
Being the first time I had ever seen or heard
the eloquent orator, I was agreeably surprised
to find that there was in Georgia I had al
most said the very embodiment of Roman
eloquence.
How the si>eech will be received by the
Democratic party of which the Hon. Mr Jack-
son is a member, I do not know, but the
people will have an opportunity of judging,
for the speech will be published. The speech
contained some stricture on the recent extra
ordinary speech of Senator Hammond of S. C.
It also denounced in no measured terms the
course of Senator Douglas. Buchanan’s course
since his elevation to the Presidential chair,
was endorsed. But we do no propose to re
view the speech, or to risk the chance of mis
representing the Hon. gentleman, who is now
engaged in revising the speech which is to
appear, I believe in the Federal Union of Satur
day.
On to-day the Senate met according to ad
journment.
It was moved that the reconsideration of
the action of the Senate to reimburse John H.
Howard for expense incurred by him in de
fence of the State line. Lost, Yeas 23, Nays
The Committee to select a suitable clergy
man to deliver a discourse in the Representa
tive Hall, reported that they had secured the
services of Rev. J. L. Warren—the Baptist
clergyman of this city.
Mr. Young of Union moved to reconsider so
much of the Senate on yesterday as related to
the action on the alteration of the Constitu
tion, in relation to the importation of African
slaves. On this question Mr Young of Union,
Mr Atkinson and Mr Whitaker spoke in favor
of the reconsideration. Mr. Spalding and Mr
Thomas of Gwinnett spoke against it. These
were the principal speakers. Other gentle
men participated in the debate. The same
ground was gone over as on preceding days,
and the motion to reconsider exhibited, to all
appearance, a most market! change in the views
of members. Sixty-two members voted in fa
vor of reconsideration, and only 38 against it
It is true this is not a test vote, for had it been,
it would indicate, perhaps aconstitutional ma
jority in favor of the alteration ; but several
members expressly declared their op[>osition
to the measure if it were to come up on
the passage ; and several again were undeci
ded as to how they would vote. Last of all,
some expressed a charge in their opinion
since the preceding day. The bill is now on
the table where it will be suffered^to remain
the balance of the session.
A bill to encourage Rail Roads {coming up
in order was laid on the table for the present.
The same was done with.
A bill to give encouragement to the Georgia
Air Line R. R.
A bill to provide for the taking of the Cen
sus by the State of Georgia. Passed.
On the hill to permit the Milledgeville
Manufactoring Company to work their minors
in thier employ beyond the time now allowed
by law. As the principal stockholders in this
Company are Jews, the debate took a broad
latitude with reference to the Jews in particu
lar. Several of the Senators thought it was
enough that they should have put to death
the Savior, without now seeking the blood,
bones and brains of our children. Mr Whita
ker defended his city from the charge of any
such prejudice. It was represented in reply,
that these Jews were, perhaps, the only persons
that rendered obedience to the law as it now
stands. There was a decided majority against
the consideration of the hill. It was laid on
the table the balance of the session.
Several bills of a local nature were disposed
of, and inasmuch as the Governor gave his
levee to-night and to-morrow was Thanks
giving day, the Senate took no Afternoon ses
sion, but adjourned until Friday morning 9J
o’clock, A. M. S.
From Mexico and the Plains.
Private letters received at Washington from
Tueson, Arizona, by the overland mail, dated
October 27th, say that a new revolution has
broken out in Sonora, against Governor
Peschiero, and in favor of the Zuloaga gov
ernment. General Gandara’s sons had es
caped from jail, and taken refuge with other
political exiles near Tubac. In Arizona, it
was believed that this revolution would be
more virulent than any heretofore, and suc
cessful against Peschiera.
Lieutenant Maury had returned from Guay-
mes and Tueson, and gone on a visit to the
gold diggings on Gila river, which are said to
be very rich. One hundred men were
making large wages there, and considerable
excitement existed in Southern California on
the subject.
The Apaches were again becoming trouble
some, having driven off considerable stock.—
They were also giving much annoyance to the
Overland Mail Co., and had killed one m«n
and wounded another, almost on the high
road from Tueson to Tubac. Military pro
tection was much needed. A considerable
number of emigrants had come in during the
the season, and many new settlements had
been made. Tueson was full of Americans.—
The same letter, in speaking of the late re
bellion in Guaymas, says it terminated by the
surrender adn flight of the authorities.—N. Y.
Sun.
The Past and Futumof tbm Democratic
Party.—Many political writers and talkers
affect to believe that the present differences
which exist among lwallng democratic patisans
will work a disruption of the party, and throw
the goverment into the hands of the opposi
tion. These differences will he reconciled up
on a bioader and more comprehensive plat
form of public sentiment. The democratic has
thus for proved itself the national party, and
the party of progress. So It most ever be. It
has, is, and will continue to be, the ruling
party of the country. Sectional issues will
be made, local questions will always disturb
It, but, tn£ as the needle to the pole, it will
ever find its guiding point, and continue to
shape the course of the ship of State.
We have no sympathy with that class of
this or that difference of opinion between
prominent politicians, upon unimportant ques
tions, that the democratic party is dead—that
it has killed it No : rather do we chose to
believe that the democratic party can never
die until some dire calamity has destroyed
the constitution—that its destiny is to Amer
icanize the continent, and plant its standard of
republicanism throughout the remotest bor
ders. It is no new saying with some politi
cians that the democratic party has lost its
power—is dead,&c.: and we shall never forget
the answer made by one of Conncticut’s no
blest statsman, a few years since, while in the
United States Senate; to a remark of that kind
from a quasi democratic friend: “Sir," said he
“I am surprised to hear such a remark from
you; th* democratic party nrvbr dies.” The
Democratic party will live until the destiny
of America is fulfilled. It is indelibly written
upon the past, and plainly disceruable in the
future. No other party but this could have
wrought out for America such glorious results
as have marked its course, and to suppose for
one moment that the party is to be lost be
cause of mere abstractions is the blindent fol-
iy.
Nor is there anything in the recent elections
which should alarm the democratic party. It
has met with reverse and misfortunes many
times before aud very soon thereafter triumph
ed. It was within itcelf that inherent power
which no other party has, or ever had, to rise
above calamities, and with magic influence
dispel the dark shadows which for the moment
seemed to gather around it. Its principles are
as enduring as itself.—New London (Conn.)
Star.
Cruelty killed by Kindness.
A young woman in Vermont married a poor
but worthy man, against her father’s wish.—
He drove them from his house and closed his
door and heart against them. They came in
to the vicinity of Boston, went to work, and
prospered. After many years the father had
occasion to go to Boston. He concluded to
go and see his daughter, expecting a cold re
ception. His daughter and her husband re
ceived him most kindly and lovingly. After
staying with them a while he went back to
Vermont. One of his neighbors, hearing
where he had been, asked him how his
daughter and husband had treated him.
“I never was so treated before in my life,”
said the weeping and broken-hearted father,
“they have broken my heart—they have kil
led me—I don’t feel as though I could live
under it.”
“What did they do to you?” asked the
neighbor. “Did they abuse you?”
“ They loved me to death, and killed me mth kind
ness,” saidhe. “lean never forgive myself
for treating so cruelly my own darling daugh
ter, who loved me so affectionately. I feel as
if I should die when I think how I grieved my
precious child, when I spurned her from my
door. Heaven bless them, and forgive my
cruelty and injustice to them.”
Who docs not see in this an infallible cure
for difficulties between man and man I There
is not a child or man on earth who would not
feel and say that the daughter, though so
deeply wronged and outraged by her angry
father, did right in treating him as she did.—
That father was her enemy, but she was not
big. He hated her, but she loved him.
Douglas Triumph at Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 18th—The friends of Senator
Douglas held a grand celebration in this city
last evening, in honor of the resalt of the re
cent State elections. Besides our own citizens,
there were present large numbers of visitors
from diflemt parts of the State, the whole
number in attendance being estimated at from
eight to ten thousand. There was a grand
torchlight procession, a mile and a half long.
Many buildings along the line of march were
splendidly illuminated. At the Tremont
House, which was handsomely decorated, Mr.
Douglas was called out by his friends, and re
sponded in a short speech, congratulating the
Democracy on their victory.
The official plurality for Miller, the Repub
lican candidate for State treasurer, is 3,573
votes. The total vote of Doughority, the
Administration candidate for the same office,
is only 5,021.—N. Y. Sun.
From Kansas—Douglas Triumph at
Leavenworth.
St. Louis Nov. 18.—We have advices from
Leavenworth, via Booneville, to the 15th
inst. The Douglasites had a huge meeting
at Leavenworth, on Saturday evening, at
which there was much rejoicing over the tri
umph of their leader in Illinois. Among
other resolutions offered, was one by Judge
H irdemann, pleging the influence of the Dem
ocracy of Kansas to make Douglas the nomi
nee of the Charleston Presidential Conven
tion. Speeches were also made by Maj. Den
man, Col. Isaacus, Gen. Easton, and others,
all in favor of the resolution.
The detachment of First Infantry, now in
garrison at Leavenworth, has been ordered to
Fort Smith.—N. Y. Sun.
From South America.
We have Rio de Jeneiro dates to October,
10th.
The frigate St. Lawrence was at Rio, and
the sloop Plymouth at Montevideo.
The Paraguayans were placing obstructions
in the lower j»rt of their river, to prevent the
ingress of the American squadron. The shores
of Paraguay were well fortified, and it is ad
ded that the Americans would meet a very
warm reception.—N. Y. Sun.
A Blur Pill.—The election of a Democrat
ic member of Congress in Wisconsin, and an
other in Michigan, has taken the Republi
can’s by surprise. In their victorious march
through the country, the thonght of defeatin
a single State had not once occurred to them,
and especially in such Republican' strongholds
as the above. Hence the election of these
Democrats is peculiarly aggravating to them.
Though compelled to concede the feet,' they
are unwilling to admit that it was a fair fight.
Convinced that they ought to have triumph
ed, they are now putting their wits together
to account for their defeat. Various and log
ical are their deductions. The Tribune says
that a rain storm prevented a full Republican
vote; also, that the Democratic candidates
were the ablest men; while the Albany Jour
nal attributes the success of the Democrats to
their having repudiated the Kansas policy of
the Administration. We trust that the Re
publicans will settle the question to their
satisfaction.
fST*The Marietta “Patriot” announces the
death, at the Georgia Military Institute, on
Sunday last, of Cadet Morris, of Louisianna.
He was a promising young man, and consid
ered the best Mathematician in the Institute.
The same paper states that a young man,
son of James M. Bell, had liis scull fractured
and was otherwise severely injured by three
negro men at a com shucking at the planta
tion of Maj/O’Neill, on Thursday night last.
IIP Many people drop a tear at the sight
of distress who would do better to drop a
dime.
fiT 1 Wanted, a good “habit!’ to clothe a
“bare” possibility.
Powbr of Kirdness.—Many years since
there lived a poor mechanic, eminent for his
pious zeal and consistency. He was very
much tried by the conduct of a neighbor, who
was in the habit of cutting his wood for the
week on the Lord’s day, anl 1 ® ound of whose
axe continually disurbed the old Christian’s
meditations. Father H , as he was
called, remonstrated earnestly and kindlv
with his neighbor, without any effort. At
lengthHie adopted a different course. On Sat
urday afternqpn his neighbor found the man
very busy at his wood pile, and inquired, in
astonishmet, what he was doing—
“Why replied Father H , “you will
persist in cutting your wood on God’s holy
day, and it grieves me of much that I mean
to do it to morrow.”
The man was at once overcome and ex
claimed—
“No, you shall not; I will do it myself.
Nor will you ever after this have reason to
complain of my chopping wood on the Lord’s
day.” And he was true to his word.
■■■rtalphem flu Angel of Prayer.
*t i. w. Losoimow.
Have yon read the Talmud of old,
In the legends the Rabbins have told
Of the limitless realms of the air?
Have you read it—the marvelous story
Of Handalphon, the Angel of Glory,
Sandalphon, the Angel of Prayer ?
How erect, at the outermost gates
Of the (Tty Celestial he waits,
With his feet on the ladder of light,
That, crowded with angels unnumbered.
By Jacob was seen, as he slumbered
Alone in the desert at night ?
The Angels of Wind and of Fire,
Chant only one hymn and expire
With the songs irresistible stress—
Expire in their rapture and wonder,
As harp strings are broken asunder,
By the music they throb to express.
But serene in the rapturous throng,
Unmoved by the rush of the song,
With eyes unimpassioned and slow,
Among the dead angels, the deathless
Sandalphon stands listening, breathless,
To sounds that ascend from below.
From the spirits an earth that adore,
From the souls that entreat and implore,
In the frenzy and passion of prayer—
From the hearts that are broken with losses,
And weary with dragging the crosses
Too heavy for mortals to bear.
And he gathers the prayers as he stands,
And they change Into flowers in his hands,
Into garland of purple and red ;
And beneath the great arch of the portal,
Through the streets of the City Immortal,
Is wafted the fragrance they shed.
It is but a legend, I know—
A fable, a phantom, a show,
Of the ancient Rabbinical lore :
Yet the old medieval, strange superstition,
The beautiful strange superstition,
But haunts me and holds me the more.
When I look from.my window at night,
And the welkin above is all white,
All throbbing and panting with stars,
Among them majestic is standing
Sandalphon the angel, expanding
His pinions in nebulous bars.
And the legend, I feel, is a part
Of the hunger and thirst of the heart,
The frenzy and fire of the brain.
That grasp at the fruitage forbidden,
The golden pomegranates of Eden,
To quiet its ferver and pain.
Getting; Home.
The poets tell us that
“Home is the Sphere of harmouy and Peace
The spot where angels ftnd a resting place,
When, beariug blessings, they descend to earth
that
“Home is the resort
Of love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where
Supporting, and supported, polished friends,
And dearest relatives mingle into bliss.”
Another says,
“Home, the spot of earth supremely blest
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest __
and yet another tells us, truly, that
“The first sure symptom of a mind in health
Is the rest of heart, and pleasure found at home. ’
And not only Montgomery, Thomson am
Young, but Goldsmith, the pure poet of th
domestic affections, apostrophizing his dis
tent home, when roaming in foreign lands
says,
“Where’er I stray, whatever realms I see,
My heart, untravelcd, fondly turns to thee »”
truly and adds,
“Such is the patriot’s boast, whore’or we roam i
His first, best country ever is at homo.”
Tha wanderer in other lands and clime
draws liis richest enjoyment of his travel
from his recollections of home and his antici
pations of a return to it, while home seem
all the dearer to him when, getting back t
it, he compares it with the places in which h
has been sojourning. The warmest welcome
he has met, while alwent, cannot compare, ii
his estimation, with those that gladden bin
on his return. It is as a stranger he has re
ceived the former, while the latter are th<
heart-tributes ol those by whom lie is known
and whom he knows and loves. Those in tim
he may wear out, but these are the testimo
nials of tried friendships and affections.
Pleasures enjoyed and sufferings endured
during the absence of one who leaves friend
behind him, serve to increase and strengths
the bonds which connect him with home, am
so render his return to it delightful. Forthes
are but so many links that bind him stil
more closely to those whose feelings and in
terests he shares. They are themes of kind!
discourse, keynotes of sympathetic sentiment
and seeds of more assured and enduring re
gards. To know how delightful home is, it i
well occasionally to go abroad. The warn
grasp and the kind word of welcome back, s<
dearly grateful when given by the heart am
the hand of affection, arc worth the exil
which semres them.
It is a pleasant sight to witness the almos
hourly greetings of absent friends returninj
to their home, which are now taking placi
around us. No longer restrained from eominj
back by the continuance of causes that havi
so considerably protracted their stay, they ar
now pouring in upon us with every arrival
and the voice ot congratulation is’ heard oi
every hand.
In the course of- a few days, our city wil
present the appearance it usually wears at th
opening of our gay season. Already the he
tel registers are daily increasing the numbe
of their entries. Our streets, places of busi
ness and pleasure, our churches, theatres, am
hotels are growing more aud more populous
and everything is beginning to put on it
holiday look. There is every prospect of
busy and bustling winter.
(IF” A fellow who was drank on election
day, said it was owing to his efforts to put
down “party spirit.”
|ff“ We clip the following, from the (
umbus Daily Times:
We are premitted to make the following
tract from a letter written by our old frie
Maj. Ragan, to a connexion in this State.
Fort Vaxcovvkr, W, 1
The war is closed, and all apprehension
danger from Indians are now removed, on ;
route my duty calls me to travel; the Indi
have had the most awful scare ot any j
wretches I ever saw in my life ; this thin;
the Bostons having [Siiarp’s Carbines Rii
that kill men at four to six hundred yards,
something to them they cannot imdersta
and they now pray to them only to spare th
besides, killing all their horses and destroy
their houses and provisions, was a blow t
never dreamed of. Extensive preparations
making to furnish quarters hero this win
for the large additional forces, and many <
cere will be compelled to go into camp and
arsenal for quarters. The scenery in the (
rison, is picturesque, beautiful, baffling c
cription. Since the rains and sun have brou
vegitation, and clothed in verdue the earn]
the plain and mountain-side, the scenery
perspective;changes, and presents newlig
shades, figures and beauties every hour in
day ; the effect is wonderful, sublime, bea
ful, and if this place was only in Georgia *
some other white settlements, what a para
it would be; the tall grass was mown d<
for hay and now the clover covers the wl
parade, is in full bloom, but there are no
gathering honey. Who ever saw a cl<
field and no bees in it, before? it is like hai
money and no chance to spend it, or a g
dinner without a desert, who'dcare for su<
thing?
The remains of Capt. Taylor and Lieut <
ton, have been recovered, and will be brou
in for interment, and probably sent horn
their friends, also those of Capt. White,
husband of your friend and traveling com;
ion to and from San Francisco. **
[Signed] A. B. RAG A]
How it Felt.—A lady friend ofoure
the first time she was kissed, she felt li
big tub or roses swimming in honey, colo;
nutmegs and cramberries. She aiso felt
something was running through heme
on feet of diamonds drawn by sei
little cupids in chariots, drawn by an
shaded by honey suckles, and the' w
spread with melted rainbows. ' Jenisali
what power there is in a full-breasted kii
Ex.
